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' acetone thickened to a paste with powdered thereby permi'tt in thejs'olvent to complete drocarbonslolven ts, or fillers, or'wax may be LuNIaTE STATES- PATENT OFFICE some, or new Yonx,

CARLETON ELLIS, or LARCHMONT, NEW rem assrenon rooHAnELor'o on'EncAL N; Y., A cotaPeRA'rIoN or WEST VIRGINIA 211m *BEMO van.

Tamil-whom it may concern}? 'Beit known tht" I,"GARLETON ELLIS, a citizen of the UnitdvSta-tes, andla resident of Larchmont, int-he county of VVestchester and State. of Nevtfifbrk, have invented certain new and use fiilffImprovements' in Paint- Removers, of whfchthe following is a speci- Tliisl inventijon relates to finish removers compri'si' iigjolatile organi'c solvents capable of dissolvingmetallicchloritls and a metal lic chlorlfl dissolved therein.

It relates particularly to loosening finish solvents or alcoholic bodies, more or" lesssaturated with salt, such as .calcium'or magnesiuni chloii'd.

In the removal of finish by volatile organl'c solvent it is neCeSSary to have present a bodyl' wh'lichwill restrain evaporation,

its action upon t e finish to be removed. For these purposes waxes are ordinarily employed:

My inventfiomhas to dowithfthe saturation, more or less, ofthe solvents, with a sol-s uble body, which reduces the vaportension of the solvents so vas to retardevaporation. A suitable composition consists of methyl calcium chlorid. To suchpaste various hyadded forlnin'g a mass which haspaint removing properties. suitable loosening finish solvents,'tl 1'a1t'is, solvent material having a generally alcoholic character or action in re-' movers maybe used including various comtone and other ketones. Aldehydes, ether and esters may benused, theaddition being made to an extent dependent upon the solubility of calcium chlorid therein; it being the object to carry "in solution a sufficient amount of the soluble salt to restrain. evaporation; Various fillers may be used such as flour, starch; whiting, saw-dust, casei'nfand the like. 7

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 18,1907. Serial No. 393,535.

PatentedvMay28 ,191 2 This-invention has been described in connect-ionvvith a number of l illustrative ingredients, formulas, proportions, and'processes, to the details ofwhichdiscll tion is not, of course, to be-limited.

What is claimed"is: v

1.,'A finish remover'compris'i ng methyl acetone, benz'ol, andfincorporated chlorid and, wax, said "remover? stantially non-aqueous.

' 2. A. substanti'ally fluent non-aqueous finish remover comprising volatile composite organic finish softening material including methyl acetone and carrying dissolved there- 'm a,,cons'1'derable proportion of a chlorid of tionof the yolatile material.

3. A' finish remover comprising methyl an alkaline earth restraining the evaporacor orated calcium chlorid evaporation-retar i gt material, said removerbeing substantially-.fnomaqueous.

LIKsubstantially non-aqueous finish. re-

. move'rcoinprising volatile composite organic finish softening material including methyl acetone carrying'dissolved therein a c'onsid erable proportion of a chlorid of'an alkaline earth restraining the evaporation of said volatile finish softening material.

osiire} the inven beingsm;

acetone, an aromatic finish solvent and in- 5. A substantially fluent non-aqueous finish removed. comprising volatile composite; I

organic finish. softening material including an aromatic finish solvent and loosening fi'n-l ish solvent material and incorporated dissolved calcium chlorid evaporation retarding material restraining the evaporation of i said volatile finish solvent material.

6. A substantially fluent non-aqueous finish remover comprising volatile composite organic finish softening material including an aromatic finish solvent and loosening fin ish solvent-material and a suitable propor+ tion of an incorporated chlorid of an alkaline earth soluble in said loosening finish solventjmaterial and restraining the evaporationof said volatile finish solvent material;

, 7. A substantially fluent non-aqueous fin- Westchester and State of New York this ish remover consisting siiiibstantizgly of vola- 14th day of September, A. D. 1907. tile composite organic nish so tenin material including loosening finish solveri i', ma- CARLETON ELLIS 5 terial carrying dissolved therein a consider- Witnesses:

' able proportion of calcium chlorid. THEODORE ELLIS,

Signed at Larchmont, in vthe county of BRIDELLA M. ELLIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

